ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,288, issued on May 20, was assigned to ResMed Pty Ltd (Bella Vista, Australia).

"Systems, methods, and/or apparatuses for non-invasive monitoring of respiratory parameters in sleep disordered breathing" was invented by Dion Charles Chewe Martin (Sydney) and John David Oates (Castle Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain example embodiments, an air delivery system includes a controllable flow generator operable to generate a supply of pressurized breathable gas to be provided to a patient for treatment and a pulse oximeter. In certain example embodiments, the pulse oximeter is configured to determine, for example, a...